Collectively, small lifestyle changes can make a huge impact on the environment-and your life. Looking for happiness and health? What’s good for the environment is also, it turns out, great for you. Here’s a collection of tips from the No Impact community.
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This post was submitted by Paddy Delaney.
Here in Oregon, we have created a solution that is helping people learn about gardening, divert large amounts of material from burn-piles and landfills and grow massive amounts of organic food. We call it a “Sharing Garden”. What makes this community garden unique is that, instead of many separate plots that are rented by individuals, the garden is one large plot, shared by all. All materials and labor are donated. The food we grow is shared amongst those who have contributed in some way as well as others who are in need in our community including Food Banks and other charities. No one is ever charged money for the food that is grown. We think of it as a ‘Stone Soup’ garden where each of us donates a little of our surplus -whether in time or materials-to grow both a sense of community, and plenty of food to share.
This post was submitted by Llyn and Chris.
Here in Oregon, we have created a solution that is helping people learn about gardening, divert large amounts of material from burn-piles and landfills and grow massive amounts of organic food. We call it a “Sharing Garden”. What makes this community garden unique is that, instead of many separate plots that are rented by individuals, the garden is one large plot, shared by all. All materials and labor are donated. The food we grow is shared amongst those who have contributed in some way as well as others who are in need in our community including Food Banks and other charities. No one is ever charged money for the food that is grown. We think of it as a ‘Stone Soup’ garden where each of us donates a little of our surplus -whether in time or materials-to grow both a sense of community, and plenty of food to share.
This post was submitted by Llyn and Chris.
I started a project in San Francisco in 1990 known as the ONE SIMPLE THING PROJECT. My students and I make and deliver small posters to cafe napkin dispensers to remind people to “take only what they need”. The posters are all over S. F. and beyond.
This post was submitted by Paula Ginsburg.
Hi,
We are a family of three and for a few months of the summer we pretty much eat from the garden. We also have chickens so we get to eat fresh egg all year. Chickens of course help enrich our compost which is the only fertilizer I add to the garden. Here in Alaska, our successful crops are a bit limited to cool wether and wet tolerant crops. Everything at the grocery store has a large carbon footprint. So the more I can grow in my back yard the better. Better all the way around, our health, our environment and it costs less (if I don’t count my actual hours in the garden). I feel lucky that I enjoy gardening, or this would not be a realistic option.
This post was submitted by Jodee Goldsberry.